Steven Veerapen
Author
Steven Veerapen was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and a Mauritian father and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on representations of Henry VIII’s six wives. He is the author of The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I, and lives in Glasgow.
Steven Veerapen was born in Glasgow to a Scottish mother and a Mauritian father and raised in Paisley. Pursuing an interest in the sixteenth century, he was awarded a first-class Honours degree in English, focussing his dissertation on representations of Henry VIII’s six wives. He is the author of The Wisest Fool: The Lavish Life of James VI and I, and lives in Glasgow.
Books
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Paperback | Pub: 02 Mar 2023£9.99
Spring, 1523. Henry VIII readies England for war with France. The King’s chief minister, Cardinal Wolsey, prepares to open Parliament at Blackfriars. The eyes of the country turn towards London. But all is not well in Wolsey’s household. A...
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Paperback | Pub: 05 May 2022£8.99
Discover murder and mayhem in the court of Henry VIII Summer, 1522. In a wave of pomp, Henry VIII’s court welcomes the Imperial emperor Charles V. Anthony Blanke – the son of the king’s late ‘black trumpet’, John...




